Week-by-week 2013 NFL Schedule

The NFL released its week-by-week schedule for the 2013 season. The season begins with the Baltimore Ravens, the defending Super Bowl champions, at the Denver Broncos on September 5 and concludes on Sunday, December 29. The Philadelphia Eagles play at the Washington Redskins in the season’s first Monday night game on September 9. Indianapolis plays at San Francisco on September 22, when Colts quarterback Andrew Luck will face his college coach from Stanford, Jim Harbaugh, who coaches San Francisco. Peyton Manning, the Denver Broncos quarterback, will return to Indianapolis to play the Colts on October 20. And the Manning brothers will battle each other in week two when Denver plays at the New York Giants.

According to the NFL and the Associated Press, the week-by-week schedule, with all the byes, is listed below:

“Flexible scheduling” will be used in Weeks 11-17. In Weeks 11-16, the schedule lists the games tentatively set for Sunday Night Football on NBC. Only Sunday afternoon games are eligible to be moved to Sunday night, in which case the tentatively scheduled Sunday night game would be moved to an afternoon start time. Flexible scheduling will not be applied to games airing on Thursday or Monday nights. A flexible scheduling move would be announced at least 12 days before the game. For Week 17, the Sunday night game will be announced no later than six days prior to December 29. The schedule does not list a Sunday night game in Week 17, but an afternoon game with playoff implications will be moved to that time slot. Flexible scheduling ensures quality matchups in all Sunday time slots in those weeks and gives “surprise” teams a chance to play their way into primetime